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Tirreno–Adriatico (World Tour), Italy
Winners, podium, distances, average speed
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The race:
Held in the middle of March, the Tirreno–Adriatico is a one-week stage race from the western to the eastern seacoast of Italy and generally attracts a superb field.
The race travels across Italy between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seacoasts, hence the race's nickname, la corsa dei due mare (The Race of the Two Seas).
The Tirreno-Adriatico is promoted and organized by RCS Sport, which also runs the Giro d'Italia and Milan-San Remo, among other races. RCS is owned by the same company the owns the Italian sports newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Like Paris–Nice, it's held in mid-March, often at nearly the same time. Many racers use the Tirreno–Adriatico as preparation for Milan–San Remo, which usually comes the Saturday of the following week.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1966 | Dino Zandegu 15hr 43min 42sec |
Vito Taccone @ s.t. |
Rolf Maurer @ 1min 32sec |
603.5 km | 38.370 |
| 1967 | Franco Bitossi 27hr 48min 5sec |
Carmine Preziosi @ 12sec |
Vito Taccone @ s.t. |
1067.9 km | 38.513 |
| 1968 | Claudio Michelotto 27hr 17min 32sec |
Italo Zilioli @ 18sec |
Rudi Altig @ 1min 38sec |
1037.9 km | 38.033 |
| 1969 | Carlo Chiappano 23hr 58min 18sec |
Albert Van Vlierberghe @ 31sec |
Giuseppe Fezzardi @ 42sec |
946.3 km | 39.476 |
| 1970 | Antoon Houbrechts 24hr 50min 25sec |
Italo Zilioli @ 30sec |
Felice Gimondi @ 35sec |
913 km | 36.755 |
| 1971 | Italo Zilioli 26hr 33min 18sec |
Georges Pintens @ 1min 24sec |
Marcello Bergamo @ 1min 31sec |
985 km | 37.093 |
| 1972 | Roger De Vlaeminck 23hr 46min 52sec |
Josef Fuchs @ 12sec |
Tomas Pettersson @ 31sec |
884 km | 37.172 |
| 1973 | Roger De Vlaeminck 14hr 26min 12sec |
Frans Verbeeck @ 42sec |
Gosta Pettersson @ 1min 20sec |
582 km | 40.314 |
| 1974 | Roger De Vlaeminck 20hr 18min 9sec |
Knut Knudsen @ 53sec |
Simone Fraccaro @ 1min 7sec |
780 km | 38.419 |
| 1975 | Roger De Vlaeminck 21hr 34min 38sec |
Knut Knudsen @ 19sec |
Wladimiro Panizza @ 48sec |
816 km | 37.818 |
| 1976 | Roger De Vlaeminck 23hr 39min 13sec |
Eddy Merckx @ 53sec |
Giambattista Baronchelli @ 1min 36sec |
882 km | 37.288 |
| 1977 | Roger De Vlaeminck 22hr 6min 32sec |
Francesco Moser @ 5sec |
Giuseppe Saronni @ 32sec |
808.5 km | 36.546 |
| 1978 | Giuseppe Saronni 22hr 8min 46sec |
Knut Knudsen @ 12sec |
Francesco Moser @ 45sec |
864 km | 39.014 |
| 1979 | Knut Knudsen 24hr 40min 33sec |
Giuseppe Saronni @ 1sec |
Giovanni Battaglin @ 25sec |
915.5 km | 37.101 |
| 1980 | Francesco Moser 21hr 17min 28sec |
Fons de Wolf @ 59sec |
Dante Morandi @ 1min 5sec |
814.3 km | 38.246 |
| 1981 | Francesco Moser 21hr 38sec |
Raniero Gradi @ 35sec |
Marino Amadori @ 58sec |
835 km | 39.742 |
| 1982 | Giuseppe Saronni 21hr 47min 22sec |
Gerrie Knetemann @ 7sec |
Greg LeMond @ 27sec |
819.7 km | 37.619 |
| 1983 | Roberto Visentini 22hr 50min 20saec |
Gerrie Knetemann @ 4sec |
Francesco Moser @ 59sec |
856.8 km | 37.515 |
| 1984 | Tommy Prim 28hr 39min 41sec |
Erich Maechler @ 2sec |
Roberto Visentini @ 5sec |
1042.9 km | 36.390 |
| 1985 | Joop Zoetemelk 28hr 21min 8sec |
Acacio Da Silva @ 57sec |
Stephan Mutter @ 1min 20sec |
1010.4 km | 36.623 |
| 1986 | Luciano Rabottini 26hr 52min 22sec |
Francesco Moser @ 1min 34sec |
Giuseppe Petito @ 2min 21sec |
980.8 km | 36.498 |
| 1987 | Rolf Sorensen 25hr 22min 21sec |
Giuseppe Calcaterra @ 5sec |
Tony Rominger @ 6sec |
935.65 km | 36.878 |
| 1988 | Erich Maechler 24hr 46min 34sec |
Tony Rominger @ 16sec |
Rolf Sorensen @ 21sec |
929.3 km | 37.508 |
| 1989 | Tony Rominger 28hr 37min 50sec |
Rolf Gölz @ 34sec |
Charly Mottet @ 44sec |
1070.9 km | 37.406 |
| 1990 | Tony Rominger 27hr 29min 18sec |
Zenon Jaskula @ 2min 31sec |
Gilles Delion @ 2min 42sec |
1040.5 km | 37.87 |
| 1991 | Herminio Diaz-Zabala 35hr 12min 46sec |
Federico Ghiotto @ 4sec |
Raul Alcala @ 52sec |
1317 km | 37.401 |
| 1992 | Rolf Sorensen 31hr 5min 54sec |
Raul Alcala @ 13sec |
Fabian Jeker @ 34sec |
1166.8 km | 37.526 |
| 1993 | Maurizio Fondriest 38hr 29min 36sec |
Andrei Tchmil @ 9sec |
Stefano Della Santa @ 10sec |
1431 km | 37.175 |
| 1994 | Giorgio Furlan 34hr 52min 20sec |
Evgeni Berzin @ 47sec |
Stefano Colage @ 53sec |
1315 km | 37.709 |
| 1995 | Stefano Colage 37hr 35min 39sec |
Maurizio Fondriest @ 22sec |
Dimitri Konyshev @ 27sec |
1412 km | 37.559 |
| 1996 | Francesco Casagrande 34hr 46min 18sec |
Alexandre Gontchenkov @ 23sec |
Gianluca Pianegonda @ 29sec |
1370.2 km | 39.405 |
| 1997 | Roberto Petito 28hr 20min 26sec |
Gianluca Pianegonda @ 9sec |
Beat Zberg @ 15sec |
1032 km | 36.414 |
| 1998 | Rolf Jaermann 38hr 27min 30sec |
Franco Ballerini @ 4sec |
Jens Heppner @ 1min 15sec |
1441 km | 37.469 |
| 1999 | Michele Bartoli 36hr 3min 30sec |
Davide Rebellin @ 9sec |
Stefano Garzelli @ 14sec |
1401 km | 38.854 |
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| 2000 | Abraham Olano 33hr 17min 36sec |
Jan Hruska @ 10sec |
Juan Carlos Dominguez @ 18sec |
1242 km | 37.305 |
| 2001 | Davide Rebellin 29hr 41min 9sec |
Gabriele Colombo @ s.t. |
Michael Boogerd @ 3sec |
1155.2 km | 38.91 |
| 2002 | Erik Dekker 28hr 45min 24sec |
Danilo Di Luca @ 18sec |
Oscar Freire @ s.t. |
1049.7 km | 36.51 |
| 2003 | Filippo Pozzato 29hr 45min 22sec |
Danilo Di Luca @ 4sec |
Ruggero Marzoli @ 12sec |
1088 km | 36.564 |
| 2004 | Paolo Bettini 33hr 47min 6sec |
Oscar Freire @ 5sec |
Erik Zabel @ 11sec |
1228 km | 36.374 |
| 2005 | Oscar Freire 32hr 37min 19sec |
Alessandro Petacchi @ 9sec |
Fabrizio Guidi @ 25sec |
1235.4 km | 37.86 |
| 2006 | Thomas Dekker 27hr 32min 14sec |
Jorg Jaksche @ 14sec |
Alessandro Ballan @ 20sec |
1108.45 km | 40.252 |
| 2007 | Andreas Klöden 28hr 31min 26sec |
Kim Kirchen @ 4sec |
Alexandre Vinokourov @ 13sec |
1111.8 km | 38.975 |
| 2008 | Fabian Cancellara 28hr 8min 21sec |
Enrico Gasparotto @16sec |
Thomas Lovkvist @40sec |
1119.0 km | 39.766 |
| 2009 | Michele Scarponi 27hr 37min 22sec |
Stefano Garzelli @ 25sec |
Andreas Klöden @ 1min 7sec |
1101 km | 39.854 |
| 2010 | Stefano Garzelli 30hr 51min 36sec |
Michele Scarponi @ s.t. |
Cadel Evans @ 12sec |
1232 km | 39.917 |
| 2011 | Cadel Evans 27hr 37min 37sec |
Robert Gesink @ 11sec |
Michele Scarponi @ 1min 15sec |
1085.1 km | 39.271 |
| 2012 | Vincenzo Nibali 29hr 38min 8sec |
Christopher Horner @ 14sec |
Roman Kreuziger @ 26sec |
1062.2 km | 35.835 |
| 2013 | Vincenzo Nibali 28hr 8min 17sec |
Christopher Froome @ 23sec |
Alberto bbContador @ 52sec |
1060.1 km | 37.670 |
| 2014 | Alberto Contador 25hr 28min 45sec |
Nairo Quintana @ 2min 5sec |
Roman Kreuziger @ 2min 14sec |
1,034.6 | 40.596 |
| 2015 | Nairo Quintana 25hr 11min 16sec |
Bauke Mollema @ 18sec |
Rigoberto Uran @ 31sec |
1,006.4 km | 39.951 |
| 2016 | Greg van Avermaet 20hr 42min 22sec |
Peter Sagan @ 1sec |
Bob Jungels @ 23sec |
847.8 km | 40.937 km/hr |
| 2017 | Nairo Quintana 25hr 56min 27sec |
Rohan Dennis @ 25sec |
Thibaut Pinot @ 36sec |
1,030.7 km | 39.728 km/hr |
| 2018 | Michal Kwiatkowski 25hr 32min 56sec |
Damiano Caruso @ 24sec |
Geraint Thomas @ 32sec |
992.5 km | 38.845 km/hr |
| 2019 | Primoz Roglic 25hr 28min 0sec |
Adam Yates @ 1sec |
Jakob Fuglsang @ 30sec |
1,048.6 km | 41.171 km/hr |
| 2020 | Simon Yates 32hr 7min 34sec |
Geraint Thomas @ 17sec |
Rafal Majka @ 29sec |
1,309.05 km | 40.747 km/hr |
| 2021 | Tadej Pogacar 26hr 36min 17sec |
Wout van Aert @ 1min 3sec |
Mikel Landa @ 3min 57sec |
1,109.1 km | 41.688 km/hr |
| 2022 | Tadej Pogacar 27hr 25min 53sec |
Jonas Vingegaard @ 1min 52sec |
Mikel Landa @ 2min 33sec |
1,133.9 km | 41.336 km/hr |
| 2023 | Primoz Roglic 28hr 38min 57sec |
Joao Almeida @ 18sec |
Tao Geoghegan Hart @ 23sec |
1,168.1 km | 40.773 km/hr |
| 2024 | Jonas Vingegaard 26hr 22min 23sec |
Juan Ayuso @ 1min 24sec |
Jai Hindley @ 1min 52sec |
1,118 km | 42.392 km/hr |
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